IFAD and R ural Water Management

1. IFAD and Rural Water Management Audrey Nepveu Technical Adviser – Water & Rural infrastructure IFAD – Policy & Technical Advisory Division Addis Ababa, November 16, 2012

2. IFAD’s Policy & Technical Advisory (PTA): Farming Systems for Food Security unit

3. IFAD’s Policy & Technical Advisory: What do we do? • IFAD PTA Water offers a solutions-based service in support of the design and implementation phases of the IFAD project lifecycle. We are your in-house advisor and can help you: • Identify opportunities for developing and improving the likelihood of success with your project when it comes to water-related issues. • Identify the various impact pathways for water. • Provide guidance on a balanced design for implementation. • Leverage our repository of knowledge and networks to help you find the right consultant or provide you with targeted information. • Provide guidance on where and how water-based approaches have worked before. • Provide support on how to document the activities and outcomes of your project. • Understand your problem from a technical or water perspective and provide tools in support of your work (e.g. ToRs, M&E indicators; sector analysis). • Work with your technical consultant to broaden their knowledge of the water sector; • Provide decision-support on water-related issues. • Support you on procurement and partner with you to meet on-time delivery of your project. • Identify project risks and advise on choices to mitigate those risks.

4. Some facts and figures on Water in IFAD and ESA 3,8m direct beneficiaries50% of direct beneficiaries in ESA Region with lowest IFAD % contribution per project (35%) Region with lowest total cost per beneficiary (USD 99) 4

5. Understanding better Water in IFAD and ESA 5

6. The challenge IFAD know-how in rural development project (answering livelihood needs for water) IFAD mandate to finance the agriculture sector (financing agricultural water – and agro-processing)

7. Challenging “Business as Usual” Our IFAD approach: • Strengthen stakeholders: Farmer organizations, trans-boundary agencies, decentralized agencies, private sector market supply chains, consumer organizations, educational centers, research • Improve smallholder market linkages • Enhance water management in rainfed areas for HH FNS, including pastoralism • Increase subsurface storage (3R concept) • Ensure a next generation of AWM expertise • Networking for K and Learning (CoP Water & Rural People • Foster innovations, multi-functionality and information

8. Implementation Issues Some topics: • Lessons Learnt • Documented but not fully understood and used at HQ and field • Training and Capacity Building • Lack of technical training of implementers, PMUs, farmers, contractors; • No new AWM expertise building or mentoring hand-over • IFAD Guidelines • Guidelines are inadequate regarding technical issues (e.g. bidding) • Composition of Missions • Limited number of technical advisors on missions; frequency and follow-up. • Co-funding of Projects • Supervision aims at suiting co-funder agendas rather than the project • Community Involvement • Insufficient involvement beyond design; O&M, warranty, fiscal autonomy • Design Documents • Documents not share widely, inhibiting understanding by PMU • … and so on

9. Your Contribution: today and beyond Where should PTA Water services focus on for you? What can PTA Water learn from you to share with others?

10. IFAD’s Policy & Technical Advisory: What do we do? • IFAD PTA Water offers a solutions-based service in support of the design and implementation phases of the IFAD project lifecycle. We are your in-house advisor and can help you: • Identify opportunities for developing and improving the likelihood of success with your project when it comes to water-related issues. • Identify the various impact pathways for water. • Provide guidance on a balanced design for implementation. • Leverage our repository of knowledge and networks to help you find the right consultant or provide you with targeted information. • Provide guidance on where and how water-based approaches have worked before. • Provide support on how to document the activities and outcomes of your project. • Understand your problem from a technical or water perspective and provide tools in support of your work (e.g. ToRs, M&E indicators; sector analysis). • Work with your technical consultant to broaden their knowledge of the water sector; • Provide decision-support on water-related issues. • Support you on procurement and partner with you to meet on-time delivery of your project. • Identify project risks and advise on choices to mitigate those risks.

11. Why are we Here? Rural Poverty Global Hunger Index FAO (2008) IFPRI, 2012

12. Water Insecurity Vorosmarty et al. (2010)

13. “Business as Usual” Most current efforts aim at an increase of surface storage Is this the way to reach 80 million rural poor by 2015?

14. Individual micro and small-scale precision irrigation • Community-managed small to medium scale irrigation • Market-oriented medium-sized irrigation on PPP basis • Enhanced water management in rainfed agriculture • Large-scale irrigation system modernization and development The Business Lines Typical cost Beneficiaries Delivering Strategic focus 50-500 US$ 80 million? Scaling up Mechanisms 1,000-1,500 US$ Loans: Design, Quality Enhancement, Quality Assurance, Support Grants 1,000-1,500 US$ Knowledge Management Policy Dialogue 1,000-5,000 US$ Funds 2013-2015 340M US$ + ~500M US$ leverage New: 6,000-10,000 US$ Rehab: 1,500 US$

15. AWM on same level as Drinking Water & Sanitation Priority to Water for Growth Prioritisation of agriculture and energy 29 countries signed national investment plans with prominence of water (pillar 1) Developing 500,000 ha, different forms of AWM • 400,000 ha of improved water management in rainfed agriculture 260,000 ha of irrigation • Institutional support • Increase water storage capacity by at least 1 % Aligning Efforts International Donors African Governments National Growth and Development Strategies EU AfDB CAADP Compacts AMCOW Worldbank Remittances China? Remittances as % of GDP 0-5 5-10 10-25 >25